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by tracker1 1741 days ago
I think the next step(s) will be something closer to what the combination of Cloudflare Workers + KV + Durable Objects gives you... I think there also needs to be some implementation of PubSub added to the mix as well as a more robust database store. Fastly has similar growing options, and there are more being advanced/developed.

In the end, there's only a few missing pieces to offer a more robust solution. I do think that making it all webassembly will be the way to go, assuming the WASI model(s) get more flushed out (Sockets, Fetch, etc). The Multi-user web doom on cloudflare[1] is absolutely impressive to say the least.

I kind of wonder if Cloudflare could take what FaunaDB, CockroachDB or similar offers and push this more broadly... At least a step beyond k/v which could be database queries/indexes against multiple fields.

Been thinking on how I could use the existing Cloudflare system for something like a forum or for live chat targeting/queries... I think that the Durable Objects might be able to handle this, but could get very ugly.

1. https://blog.cloudflare.com/doom-multiplayer-workers/